The contribution of job crafting to meaningful work for accountants and taks specialists
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2020-08-27
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It can be stated that there has been an increasing interest in meaningful work as being a motivator for employees. In recent years, some research has been conducted about the relationship between job crafting and meaningful work, yet, the field lacks in-depth information about this relationship for specific occupational groups, such as accountants and tax specialists. Additionally, little is known about the role of mechanisms like authenticity and self-efficacy in this relationship. As a result, this study examines how job crafting contributes to meaningful work for accountants and tax specialists and what the role of authenticity and self-efficacy is in this relationship.
By interviewing ten accountants and tax specialists an exploratory qualitative case study was performed to gather in-depth information. The findings of this research are this; for the interviewees, job crafting has a positive effect on meaningful work. For some interviewees authenticity has a positive mediating influence in this relationship and for a larger group, self-efficacy has a positive mediating influence in this relationship. This master thesis provides an insight into the contribution of job crafting to meaningful work of accountants and tax specialists and the effect of the mechanisms authenticity and self-efficacy in this relationship.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen